Playoffs?! Are you kidding me, playoffs?! Actually, yeah that could happen. apheodite's Team put together a quality team and is projected to finish in sixth-place in TDL 2015 B League at 7-6-0 (1,492 points). They focused on having a balanced offensive attack, selecting QB Drew Brees (38th overall), RB C.J. Anderson (14th), WR Demaryius Thomas (11th), and TE Greg Olsen (59th) within the first five rounds. They have the bottom group of RBs in the league, as they have Anderson, Latavius Murray, and David Cobb on the roster.
apheodite's Team should just disappear for a while during Week 7. They have three players and the most projected fantasy points on bye that week. Looking at the season as a whole, they have one of the easiest schedules. apheodite's Team could run into an early buzz saw, as the first four games of their season are projected to be more difficult than the league average.
Draft Notes
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Positional Fortitude
apheodite's Team has four positions that are better than league average. While TE, DEF, and WR are projected to be good, QB is the strongest on apheodite's Team.
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Separating the Wheat from the Chaff
At four different positions, apheodite's Team picked up projected top-3 players (including Buffalo, Drew Brees, and Demaryius Thomas).
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Up, Up, and Away
With four players projected to significantly beat their previous year's fantasy points, apheodite's Team hopes to have found some up-and-coming stars.
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Big D
apheodite's Team elected to go with two DEFs instead of loading up at other spots.
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A Pair of Proven Winners
apheodite's Team has a couple of fantasy MVPs in their lineup. Last season, two of their players (Demaryius Thomas and C.J. Anderson) finished among the top-20 players that were on the most first-place fantasy teams.
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Potent Potential
Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Cody Latimer are a couple of late-round fliers with decent upside for apheodite's Team.
Player Analysis
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- D. Thomas, WR
- Round 1, Pick 11
The Man at Mile-HighWith Eric Decker out of the mix, Thomas received a league-high 184 targets last season. Expect more from Peyton's favorite weapon in 2015.
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- C.J. Anderson, RB
- Round 2, Pick 14
Feed Thy BeastC.J. Anderson will get the ball early and often, projected to finish eighth in the league with 304 touches.
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- L. Murray, RB
- Round 3, Pick 35
A Bit of a Reachapheodite's Team went out on a limb with their third-round pick. Across all Yahoo! leagues, Latavius Murray has an ADP of 49.8, but he was grabbed at pick No. 35. Patience is a virtue, apheodite's Team.
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- Drew Brees, QB
- Round 4, Pick 38
Blitzkriegapheodite's Team drafted the most explosive QB in the league in Drew Brees. He's projected to drop bombs on DBs this year, to lead NFL QBs in plays over 40 yards with 13.2 and TDs over 40 yards with 5.1.
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- Greg Olsen, TE
- Round 5, Pick 59
Better Lucky Than Good?The rest of TDL 2015 B League overlooked a gem, and apheodite's Team made the smartest value pick of the round by taking Greg Olsen.
Best Available
If apheodite's Team wants to upgrade, K and RB are areas they could go after first.
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- Shaun Suisham
- Rank 223, ADP 143
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- Randy Bullock
- Rank 228, ADP 147
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- Reggie Bush
- Rank 127, ADP 116
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- Andre Williams
- Rank 152, ADP 121
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ADP Analysis
Bars above zero indicate a pick was selected later than a player's ADP. Bars below zero show players that were taken earlier than their ADP.
Position Rank vs League Average
The average projected points for all the players at each position versus the average projected points for all players at that position in the league.
Team Forecast
Bye Week Points Lost
Each bar represents the total projected season points for each player that's on bye that week. This chart shows any potential bye week issues.
Schedule by Opponent Points
Week-by-week schedule with each opponent's projected season points. This chart shows any difficult or easy stretches in the schedule.
How We Grade
Draft grades are based strictly on teams' draft performances. This is calculated by counting the number of fantasy points teams are projected to score over the course of the season using their optimal line-ups. The grades do not take schedule into account. Because of bye weeks and other variables it is possible to earn a high grade yet be projected to finish in the middle of the pack. The opposite is also true. Bottom line: Fantasy Football is like the real game. You can draft the greatest talent in the world but you still need to manage your team every week to get the most out of that talent. As a wise man once said, "On any given Sunday..."
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